Cambridge 105 presenters Neil Whiteside and Linda Ness visited the Help Refugees warehouse in Calais during CamCRAG’s April Convoy. You can now listen online to their experiences, featuring some fascinating interviews with volunteers: cambridge105.co.uk/shows/neil-linda-on-the-camcrag-convoy Neil and Linda were in Calais with CamCRAG as part of their research ahead of us […]
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CamCRAG would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who helped organise yesterday’s donation drop-off day at St John’s Church on Hills Road, and to the many people who came along and gave so generously. As you can see, we received numerous boxes and bags of clothing, sleeping […]
CamCRAG’s poncho project is in full swing, aiming to make hundreds of ponchos this summer for refugees in Europe this coming winter. On June 30th Cambridge Buddhist Centre held a social action day, and made 29 ponchos in two and a half hours! A big thank you to them from […]
A big thank you to all those who helped at events during Refugee Week, and those who recently raised some funds for CamCRAG. The Strummers gig during Refugee Week raised £185 while entertaining the crowd with some excellent live music, while last week Alejandro Rodriguez and Cambridge Student Action for […]
CamCRAG volunteer Estere talks about her first CamCRAG convoy to Calais June was my first time on a CamCRAG convoy, which left me with lots of amazing but also slightly contradictory emotions, but hopefully resulted in some useful work done in the warehouse. Even though most of the thousands of […]
Thank you to Cambridge 105 Radio for making CamCRAG their charity of the month during May. On their website you can now listen to all the interviews they conducted with our volunteers: Leigh Chambers speaks to trustees Ed Sexton & Elliot Harris CamCRAG Chair Elliot Harris discusses the charity’s work […]
Next week is Refugee Week across the UK, and there are numerous events going on in Cambridge to reflect the diversity in our community, and our solidarity with refugees across the globe. Read more at camcrag.org.uk/refugeeweek
Thank you to all our volunteers who helped staff the CamCRAG stall at Strawberry Fair this year. It was great to see so many faces, some familiar and some new, but all eager to help and support refugees. We would also like to think the wonderful volunteer organisers of this […]
Thank you to everyone who came to the Pawn Hearts’ gig at NCI Social Club last Saturday. All three acts were excellent, and the vibe was really great: Special thank yous go to Helen Robertson and Shoot the Pianist. The night raised £250 which will be split between CamCRAG and […]
The Poncho Project team have some very special events coming up… This Friday they will be making crafts from offcuts for sale at our stall at Strawberry Fair, followed on Saturday by a session to make bags from otherwise unusable tent fabric. Then on SATURDAY 9 JUNE there […]